Gibraltar has sent a fleet of 4x4s aboard the Royal Navy’s flagship stocked with supplies for British territories in the Caribbean ravaged by Hurricane Irma.

The British Virgin Islands, Anguilla alongside the Turks and Caicos Islands were hit with the full force of the category 4 hurricane which killed at least 34 people in the Caribbean and left 17 dead in the US.

Among the dead were five people on the Virgin Islands and four more on neighbouring Anguilla.

4.10pm EDT: Hurricane Jose likely to miss US - but could loop back to try and strike

Forecasters suggest the storm may avoid the US East Coast once it finally starts to move north next week.

Meteorologist Bill Bellis tweeted: "Looks like #HurricaneJose will stay away from the U.S. At least for now."

But experts warned the category one hurricane is also expected to make a clockwise loop and could head back closer to the Bahamas and East Coast.

Noon EDT: Hurricane Jose is ‘weakening’

NASA satellites have discovered that vertical wind shears are having an impact on the tropical hurricane, causing it to weaken.

Earlier today the National Hurricane Center said: "Jose continues to be affected by 20 knots of northerly vertical shear, and recent microwave imagery shows that the low-level center is to the northeast or north of a large burst of convection that shows little evidence of banding."

11.30am EDT: NHC map suggests Jose could turn away from USA

The latest NHC map, released at 11am EDT, painted a more positive picture and showed Jose starting to turn out to sea by 8am on Sunday.

Most global models suggest that Jose will keep turning around to the right before missing the US and heading out across the Atlantic.

The Met Office storm track has forecast that Hurricane Jose will take a path towards the Bahamas and on to Florida, which is still recovering from Irma.

The NHC forecast discussion said the tropical cyclone will keep moving in a clockwise loop over the next several days.

“Aside from the UK Met Office prediction, which is well south and west of the other track models, the official forecast is near the left side of the guidance suite,” it said.

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Hurricane Jose path update: Jose is circling the Atlantic

11.15am EDT: Hurricane Jose could gain strength again

Hurricane Jose is nearly as weak as a tropical storm after its winds decreased to near 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts.

The NHC said: “A little weakening in the short term, followed by some restrengthening later in the forecast period, is expected.

“Confidence in this intensity forecast is, however, lower than usual.”

11am EDT: NHC says Hurricane Jose is still looping around

Hurricane Jose was last located about 450 miles (725 km) north-northeast of Grand Turk Island.

The NHC said: “Jose is moving toward the east near 5 mph (7 km/h), and a turn to the southeast and south at a slow forward speed is expected over the next couple of days.

“On the forecast track, the center of Jose will remain well to the east-northeast of the Bahamas through Wednesday.”

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Hurricane Jose path LATEST: A few outliers suggest Jose could head to New York and Washington

However the remnants of Hurricane Irma coupled with Jose, could still produce poor weathe along the coast.

"The main circulation of Irma will move into the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states later this week, and may even linger for part of the upcoming weekend,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rathbun. “The sunny start to the week will end generally cloudy.”

The forecaster predicts that there will be enough moisture in the air to release scattered showers across New Jersey, but without risk of flash flooding.

8am EDT: New York and Washington in potential path of Jose

A new batch of spaghetti models provided by SVWX, suggest that there is a possibility of Jose making landfall in the US.

A few outliers from the aggregated models show the eye of the storm swinging by the US East Coast after it loops the loop over the Atlantic.

The majority of forecasts however agree that Jose will fly-by parallel to the coast while moving in a north-northeast direction.

“There are some rumours swirling about Hurricane Jose hitting New York in ten days. Don't buy into the hype,” said Fox 61 weatherman Matt Scott.

“It's not impossible but the probability of that happening is really low.”

5.15am EDT: Hurricane Jose could weaken to a tropical storm later today

Hurricane Jose winds have decreased to near 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts, just above the 74 mph threshold for category 1.

The NHC said: “Some additional weakening is possible during the next day or so, and Jose could weaken to a tropical storm later today.”

The latest update, from the NHC, said that Hurricane Jose is forecast to make an “anticyclonic half-loop” over the next 72 hours.

The NHC forecast discussion said: “After that time, the confidence in the forecast decreases as the guidance diverges significantly.”

The UK Met Office (UKMET) storm tracker shows that Jose could head towards the Bahamas and on to Florida. But other models suggest it will stay out at sea.

The NHC discussion said: “One the right side, the ECMWF and Canadian models forecast a turn toward the north and northeast, while on the left side the UKMET forecasts a westward motion towards the Bahamas.

“The GFS, HWRF, and the various consensus models are between these extremes in forecasting a turn toward the northwest and eventually north-northwest.

“The new forecast track is in best agreement with these models and shifts slightly to the right of the previous advisory.”

The latest map issued by the NHC suggests that Hurricane Jose will head towards America before curving away out into the Atlantic.